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david, you heard congresswoman bass refer to grover norquist. i want to play what he said regarding this ominous threat as described to republicans who may not fall in line. let's play it. >> tea party 2 is going to dwarf ta tea party 1 if obama pushes us off the cliff. >> this was in reference to the president. he's threatening we will see a new, stronger tea party if we go off the cliff. >> yes. grover norquist also predicted an overwhelming victory by mitt romney and was proven wrong then, too. i think he and other republicans are playing a very dangerous game with their own political futures by failing to see the connection between this situation and the situation we were in around 1995 when there was a government shutdown. republicans thought they could drive this to the bitter end, and what happened? the american voters actually blamed them, the republicans, for what happened. i think it's a pattern in american politics when things happen that are, in effect, harmful government shutdowns, if you will, or breakdowns of process, the blame us
david, you heard congresswoman bass refer to grover norquist. i want to play what he said regarding this ominous threat as described to republicans who may not fall in line. let's play it. >> tea party 2 is going to dwarf ta tea party 1 if obama pushes us off the cliff. >> this was in reference to the president. he's threatening we will see a new, stronger tea party if we go off the cliff. >> yes. grover norquist also predicted an overwhelming victory by mitt romney and was...
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. >> you know that one of the unelected leaders of the party grover norquist says if the republicans in any way indicate they're willing to make a deal over taxes that the republicans will suffer. >> so let's unpack that one. so i'm republican house member from a purple district. i know that i'm up for re-election in the midterms. on the one hand i have to balance that grover norquist shouting at me saying i've reneged on my pledge. i have tole balance the con at this time gents that say you voting against this drove us into a recession. i don't have to be a political genius to say which way i will vote. i think grover norquist loses leverage in this scenario. >> within the last few minutes we had the markets up, and i believe the dow was in the red slightly, but it was the first time today -- there it is. it's down 8 points. andrew ross-sorkin said he believes wall street is doubtful there will be a compromise here. >> people look at this and they feel like there's a nice sort of chore ru chorus breaking out in washington beneath the rhetoric. i think there's awareness of the fact t
. >> you know that one of the unelected leaders of the party grover norquist says if the republicans in any way indicate they're willing to make a deal over taxes that the republicans will suffer. >> so let's unpack that one. so i'm republican house member from a purple district. i know that i'm up for re-election in the midterms. on the one hand i have to balance that grover norquist shouting at me saying i've reneged on my pledge. i have tole balance the con at this time gents...
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say that grover norquist, who is not an elected leader surmised there's no mandate. the vice president actually on a ballot, here's what he believes came down on tuesday. he said in part, there was a clear sort of mandate about people coming much closer to our view about how to deal with tax policy. i just think he it's going to take time for the republicans to sort of digest what the consequences are for them internally. what's your reaction to at least biden believing there was a mandate for their tax policy? it shows in our exit polling that a significant number of people were okay with a tax increase for people who make over $250,000. >> my perspective is elections have consequences, and to the winner there is a certainly significance that follows from it. when you look at the exit polls in particular with the one you just referenced, 60% of the voters sided with the president's position on raising taxes on those making more than $250,000 a year. at the end of the day the republicans are torn by multiple different voices with grover norquist being one of them and
say that grover norquist, who is not an elected leader surmised there's no mandate. the vice president actually on a ballot, here's what he believes came down on tuesday. he said in part, there was a clear sort of mandate about people coming much closer to our view about how to deal with tax policy. i just think he it's going to take time for the republicans to sort of digest what the consequences are for them internally. what's your reaction to at least biden believing there was a mandate for...
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they're off the hook with grover norquist who is a formidable force with primaries on their side. >> congressman defazio, thank you for your time. i hope we have an opportunity to talk with you as the clock ticks. thank you, sir. >>> this bill would provide more visas for foreign workers and would make it easier for green cardholders to bring family into the country. gop leaders and the senate also say they're ready to get serious about immigration reform. senator john mccain, the latest voice calling for a comprehensive bill but nbc contributor rah ult reyes says the gop is in no position to take the lead. he writes the democrats won the election and with it the right to set the original d.r.e.a.m. act as the starting point for our immigration debate. raul is with us right now. so why are you not impressed by any movement or the movement that the republicans are promising to make? >> you have to remember that the d.r.e.a.m. act as the last version that we knew of it, it was already quite watered down from the way it started out. for example, they narrowed the age restrictions and el
they're off the hook with grover norquist who is a formidable force with primaries on their side. >> congressman defazio, thank you for your time. i hope we have an opportunity to talk with you as the clock ticks. thank you, sir. >>> this bill would provide more visas for foreign workers and would make it easier for green cardholders to bring family into the country. gop leaders and the senate also say they're ready to get serious about immigration reform. senator john mccain,...
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so much is discussed about grover norquist, his influence, his pledge. jason shevitz is the utah congressman supported to this question regarding this pledge. let me play it. >> you signed grover norquist's pledge i assume because every republican congressman did. >> yes, i did. >> would you be fine doing a compromise to go against your signature on that pledge? >> i do not intend to do that. i want to fight for principles i believe in. i, too, was elected. >> at least with that congressman there's no compromise regarding that. i love the fact he says listen i was elected, too. some see that as putting him on equal footing of the re-election of president. i won't go that far. nevertheless he believes he has a mandate as well. what do you make of that comment? >> we have to see movement on both sides to reach a deal. yes, the republicans will have to move a little bit on revenue. the president ran on this issue largely, and he's been very clear since his re-election in saying the country has endorsed his vision of a balanced way to cut the deficit. so he'
so much is discussed about grover norquist, his influence, his pledge. jason shevitz is the utah congressman supported to this question regarding this pledge. let me play it. >> you signed grover norquist's pledge i assume because every republican congressman did. >> yes, i did. >> would you be fine doing a compromise to go against your signature on that pledge? >> i do not intend to do that. i want to fight for principles i believe in. i, too, was elected. >> at...
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grover norquist was on. i want your response to this. he commented on romney's loss. let's play it quickly, please. >> well, we just had an election, and the house of representatives was elected, committed to keeping taxes low. the president was committed, elected on the basis that he was not romney and romney was a poopy head and you should vote against romney. he won by two points, but he didn't make the case to have higher taxes and higher spending. he kind of sounded like the opposite. >> does grover norquist have any influence in this tax debate as we move aahead with the fiscal cliff or whatever you like to call it that is looming? nia? >> i think he does certainly from the far right of his party. you saw boehner say that the party wants to be led. they want to be led as americans, not republicans. again, i think you have somebody like bill crystal who comes out and says republicans need to be more flexible in terms of talking about tax reform. i think norquist in that clip showed a real misreading of what the election was really about. i prish his use of the wo
grover norquist was on. i want your response to this. he commented on romney's loss. let's play it quickly, please. >> well, we just had an election, and the house of representatives was elected, committed to keeping taxes low. the president was committed, elected on the basis that he was not romney and romney was a poopy head and you should vote against romney. he won by two points, but he didn't make the case to have higher taxes and higher spending. he kind of sounded like the...
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. >> let me ask you, you have a couple of senate republicans who have come out again grover norquist and any kind of notion of a pledge or being held to a lobbyist as opposed to the american people. on the left you have some progressives who are concerned that too many concessions will be made with social security, medicare entitlements. let me play what david plouffe recently said that caught the attention of some on the left, and they're concerned. >> i think what we need to do and the president believes this is let's go for the big deal. the only way that gets done is for republicans, again, to step back and get mercilessly criticized by grover norquist on the right, and it means democrats have to do tough things on spending and entitlements that they get criticized by the left. >> before you respond to plouffe, let me play what congressman peter defazio said on "news nation" when he was our guest yesterday. >> i'm not going for a bad deal, and i think there's a quite a few for a bad deal. social security didn't cause the deficit. we don't need to cut social security to solve the
. >> let me ask you, you have a couple of senate republicans who have come out again grover norquist and any kind of notion of a pledge or being held to a lobbyist as opposed to the american people. on the left you have some progressives who are concerned that too many concessions will be made with social security, medicare entitlements. let me play what david plouffe recently said that caught the attention of some on the left, and they're concerned. >> i think what we need to do...
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grover norquist called it bizarre. one blogger saying a steaming pile of nonsense. then we get the follow-up twitter. why isn't that a backtrack? we talk about the troubles of the party today. >> because in the follow-up twitter, he doesn't retract any of those statements. he expands upon them. i don't hear where he is taking back anything that he offered. the fact it is coming from jeb bush makes him upset. >> he does go on both sides are doing this. at the time, he was focused in -- we were talking about women's issues. we might relate to each other as a woman and some of the things apply to men. he was talking about the problem in his quote/unquote family. not his biological family, but his party. >> i think michael is right. he did not retract anything he said. just because he expanded it doesn't mean he is taking back what he said. jeb bush is still consider ed a contender. many say jeb bush may be the v.p. pick. he knows when to endorse and when to say something in public. when to write an op-ed in a major national party. he picks his battles carefully. he kne
grover norquist called it bizarre. one blogger saying a steaming pile of nonsense. then we get the follow-up twitter. why isn't that a backtrack? we talk about the troubles of the party today. >> because in the follow-up twitter, he doesn't retract any of those statements. he expands upon them. i don't hear where he is taking back anything that he offered. the fact it is coming from jeb bush makes him upset. >> he does go on both sides are doing this. at the time, he was focused in...
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norquist, senator mitch mcconnell and president of the top vice presidential hopefuls the mitt romney will address the gathering tomorrow, but newt gingrich spoke just moments ago. >> barack obama and the values he represents, and the amateurish incompetent he has proven are a direct threat to the survival of america as we know it, and defeating him is a national patriotic duty. >>> nbc's senior political editor mark murry is at that conferenc conference. al sharpton was asked about this meeting where there wasn't a pledge, but heavy conversation to do everything possible to ensure this president would not succeed, and now he's basically saying it's a did you of the country here. what are we expecting? >> tamron, mitt romney addresses the crowd. as you know, he's on his bus tour in in that in that, but one of the biggest stories here at this conference has been some of the tryouts, people who might be mitt romney's running mate. we heard from marco rubio, and from portman. and tonight we hear from bob mcdonnem mcdonnell. >> mark, let me get your reaction or just i guess what you can p
norquist, senator mitch mcconnell and president of the top vice presidential hopefuls the mitt romney will address the gathering tomorrow, but newt gingrich spoke just moments ago. >> barack obama and the values he represents, and the amateurish incompetent he has proven are a direct threat to the survival of america as we know it, and defeating him is a national patriotic duty. >>> nbc's senior political editor mark murry is at that conferenc conference. al sharpton was asked...
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same thing with the grover norquist pledge and this nra fear. politicians are elected to do a job. they're not elected to get re-elected every two or four or eight years or six years. they're elected to do a job and if you lose because you do your job, then let it be. stand up for what is right. >> then that brings me to the president. obviously, enough is enough moment. i believe that's what "the washington post" called it. our first read team says that obama raised expectations k. they deliver? >> that's a good question. it's going to be up to as much as republicans but democrats, as well. think about kay hagan in north carolina, up for re-election soon. can she come out for such legislation? somebody like harry reid, who in the last election a lot of his supporters were courting the nra endorsement and nra donated to harry reid's come pain and there are a lot of democrats in the red states who might have to take some political risk here and coming out for some of this legislation in terms of gun control. >> and persuasive in saying we are not taking your guns. we are coming up w
same thing with the grover norquist pledge and this nra fear. politicians are elected to do a job. they're not elected to get re-elected every two or four or eight years or six years. they're elected to do a job and if you lose because you do your job, then let it be. stand up for what is right. >> then that brings me to the president. obviously, enough is enough moment. i believe that's what "the washington post" called it. our first read team says that obama raised...